Folding cot or divan.



I PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907..

B M INTOSH FOLDING GOT ORDIVAN.

surrensrnrns BURTNETT FICINTOSH, OF NEW YORK,

PATENT oFnroE;

FOIJH'NG COT OR, I DIVAN.

'- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed algae 17. 1907. Serial No. seasso.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTNETTh/IGINTOSH,

of the city of New York. borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots or Divans, of which the following is a full clearfand exact'specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

My invention relates-particularly to those bedsteads which are known in the trade as cots or divans and which are usually con-- heretofore been the common practice to ship the cots with'the legs detached-leaving the .25 attachmentof the legs to the purchaser or to Not only has this occasionedthe retailer. considerable labor on the part of the retailer or purchaser, but it has also frequently resulted in the improper fastening of the legs and in the premature destruction of the cot.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction by which the legs may be permanently mounted in place, but may be folded inward under the frame with convenience .and readily extended into operative position when desired. By this means the cots may be shipped and stored compactly and when they are to be used it is simply necessary to throw the legs out into extended position.

With this end in view, my invention resides in certain peculiar features of construction and combination of elements which-will now be fully set forth. V

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings,v which illustrate. as an example, the referred embodiment of my invention, in w ich drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of one .end of the cot; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 22 of Fi' 1; and.Fig.'3 is a horizontal sectionon t 'e line 33 of Fig. 1.

a a indicates one of the side rails of the cot and b one of the end rails, these parts being .rigidly connected by brackets. r

c d indicate the spring bottom which is stretched over the frame bet-ween the end rails b; and e indicates one of the legs.

Preferably, the side rails a and legs 6 are formed of tubular metal and the legs, are separate from the side rails. The legs are mounted on the side rails by means of two duplicate castings f which have vertical semicircular portions engaging the u per end of the leg and horizontal semicirc ar portions 7 engaging the side rail. The castings f are fastened rigidly and immovablyto the leg .-by means of rivetsor bolts g Which extend through the castings and legs and at their upper sidesthe castings are provided with lugs f through which a bolt it passes and which serves to draw the castings together effectin friction tight connection with the side rai The degree offriction thus exerted may be regulated by the extent to which the bolt h is forced against the lugs f, the object being to mount the le so that it may be easily turned on the rail, hut at the same time avoidin any looseness between the parts. By this construction the le may be tated around the side rail to the inactivehorizontal position indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 2.

At the side of the castings f, opposite the brackets 0, pins #1 are placed in the side rails to hold the castings against sliding on the side rails, While the brackets c are employed to prevent sliding of the castings inthe opposite direction. For holding the legs in either of these two positions lhecastings are provided with two notches f and these are adapted to be engaged by a dog 7r which extends transversely through openings a -in the side rail and is provided with a projection is received by one end of an expansive coil s ring Z. This spring is located in the end of t e side rail and engaged at its opposite end by the brackets c or any other ronvenient part. dog yielding y into action and said dog enters one or the other of the openings f to ually moving it against the spring and upon releasing the dog it instantly returns to aceXtended to the active position shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 2 or it may be ro-.

The spring, it will be seen, presses the hold the leg extended or folded as desired." The dog may be readily disengaged by man- All of the tion. it will also appear that by extending the dog through openings in the side rail and causing the spring; to engagethe dog within the side rail, the employment of alpivot for the dog avoided and in this way I materially eheapen the construction and, by reason of its simplicity, I increase its durability. arts may be stoutly constructed of malleab e iron castings and other suitable material at low cost enabling me to fit my invention to cots of the class indicated with out materially increasing the cost of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a bed stead the combination with a frame and folding legs of means for mounting the legs to rotate on the frame, dogs extending loosely through the parts of the frame on which the legs are mounted and adapted to iold the legs in either of two positions and springs for yieldingly pressing the dogs into action.

frame ha i side rails with transverse open- 5 mgs therein and folding legs of means tor svaeao tamed within the side rails and engaging th dogs, said dogs serving releasably to hold the legs. i a

3. In a bedstead the combination with the frame having hollow side rails with trans- ;verse openings therein and folding legs of twin members fastened to the legs and having opposing portions loosely embracing the side rails, means for drawing said portions against the side rails, dogs extending. loosely through the openings in the side rails and engaging said twin members and springs for yieldingly pressing the dogs into such engagement.

4. In 'a bedstead, the combination of a frame having side rails, legsadapteclto support the same, two separate, opposing clamp members for each leg and means for clamping such members firmly to the upper portion of each leg, the clamp members having parts facing each other and loosely engaging the opposite sides of theside rails, whereby to mount the legs to swing on the side rails. In. testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BURTNETT MGINTOSH. Witnesses With J. WAGNER, L A. CAssEDY. 

